The storage company, commenting for the first time on the 600 job cuts, still isn’t offering a lot of specifics.

“IT organizations are in transition as they look to take advantage of new technologies and delivery models to stay competitive and keep pace with data growth,” the statement reads. “This transition is a significant opportunity for NetApp to serve the needs of customers and to accelerate growth. Out strategy of providing cloud-integrated, flash-accelerated storage and data management solutions for shared, dedicated and hybrid IT environments is well aligned to top priorities of today’s global enterprises.”

For more perspective, I turned to Alan Dayley, research director in data retention and information governance strategies at Gartner.

He tells me many of the cuts are from government contracts, as well as a general shift in the IT environment as companies look to streamline their storage.

“I like what they’re trying to do as far as buckling back down,” he says. “They are a storage company and they will continue to tell you they want to focus on the main core storage areas they have, and I think that’s a good way to continue on.”

But there’s a drawback.

“They’re not as diverse that way, so they’re at the mercy, a little bit more, of the market dynamics,” he says.

And the cloud environment isn’t an easy place to grab share, he notes, with “the big guys” Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN) and others creating a competitive wall.

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